Museum Exhibition Designer: Immersive Installations & Plans

Work with us; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Union pay scale

Hybrid work schedule

Generous time off

Job summary

COFAM’s Exhibition Design Department seeks an experienced Exhibition Designer to develop and draft floor plans, elevations, and drawings for temporary exhibitions and gallery rotations in a museum setting.

The role requires collaboration with curators, conservators, registrars, and technicians, and involves ensuring design intent during installation, maintaining archives, and managing drawing standards. A hybrid work schedule is offered with a union benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; Architecture strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing design concepts and produce sketches, layouts, and drawings for exhibitions.
• Prepare organized, accurate plans, elevations, renderings, and construction drawings to deadlines.
• Collaborate with curators, conservators, registrars, designers, and project managers across all exhibition phases.
• Draft exhibition and rotation drawings incorporating existing inventory of furniture and cases.
• Be present during art installation to ensure design intent and address questions.
• Maintain archives of drawings, paint colors, finishes, and casework details.
• Keep up-to-date floor plans, material libraries, and electronic inventories.

Skills

Rhino

Adobe Creative Suite

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Microsoft Office

Organizational skills

Communication

Deadline-driven

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture

M.Arch or 5-year B.Arch

Tools

Rhino

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Microsoft Office

Job description

COFAM’s Exhibition Design Department seeks an experienced Exhibition Designer to develop and draft floor plans, elevations, and drawings for temporary exhibitions and gallery rotations in a museum setting.

The role requires collaboration with curators, conservators, registrars, and technicians, and involves ensuring design intent during installation, maintaining archives, and managing drawing standards. A hybrid work schedule is offered with a union benefits package.